you have madeleine albright, hillary clinton, condoleeza rice, i can't even remember the last male. then you brought it up that it was colin powell. i'm not sure it has anything o do with why susan rice will not be secretary of state. >> steve: it absolutely does not. she went out and many people feel she lied to the american people to give the president of the united states political cover just before an election. >> brian: 17 days and three days to write legislation. probably less than 17 days 'til we hit the fiscal cliff. the president invited the speaker to the white house yesterday and our e-mail box, we're getting filled up. there comes the speaker and there goes the speaker. it lasted an hour and 15 minutes. did anything get ironed out? so far insiders say no. yao goldberg offered this analysis and it was pretty brilliant. >> i'm beginning to think that president obama's position is like michael corleone's position in godfather 2, my offer is nothing. his real goal is watch the republican party go up in flames and eat themselves alive. which so far seems to be working. i thin